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May 17, 2012

supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi were summoned to the Special Court for Clergy

According
to the report of “Human Rights and Democracy in Iran”, ten supporters of Kazemaini
Boroujerdi’ who had been summoned to Special Clerical Court, were summoned to
court again via telephone on April 9 and 11.

According to the summons, Roya Araghi, Mariam
Azimi, Tayebeh Hosseini, Narges. Ghaffarzadeh, Zahra Abdullah Vand, Zohreh
Sharif, Maryam Ghasemi and two men named Mohammed Reza Sadeghi and Mohamad
Mehmannavaz were summoned for a second time during within one month, and
required to appear on April 30, 2012 at the Special Clerical Court in Tehran on
Zafaraanieh street.

It
should be mentioned that mounting pressure on Mr. Boroujerdi’s supports is
aimed at forcing him to compromise with the regime and come short of his
demands in defense of freedom, democracy and human rights. Notably, since
November 2010, the pressure of threats and harassment of the government and the
ministry intelligence and security for Mr. Boroujerdi and his family have
greatly increased. On various occasions, the current regime of Velayat-e Faqih
has used inhumane methods in order to cause physical harm and eliminate this
secular cleric and supreme leader in prison. Likewise, his supporters
fear for their safety.

Recently,
a few days before the Iranian New Year, the regime attempted to assassinate Mr.
Boroujerdi in prison by poisoning him. As a result of his poisoning by the
regime, he is still suffering from internal chronic bleeding. Despite calls
from his family and human rights activist, Mr. Boroujerdi has not been treated
by physician and throughout the New Year holidays he has been in the same
condition and without any sick leave.

Supreme
Leader Ali Khamenei has continued the policy of eliminating progressive and
secular clergy and their supporters through the Special Court of Clergy. The
regime has appointed as Mohammad Salimi as the special prosecutor in charge of Human
Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran condemn the actions of the Iranian
regime’s act of pressuring and summoning the supporters of Mr. Boroujerdi to
appear at the Special Court for the Clergy whose members are appointed by the
Supreme Leader, Ali Khamaeni and requests that the High Commissioner for Human
Rights and other international bodies to act and end oppression in Iran.